Author
Holkot, Robertus, -1349
Title
Super sapientiam Salomonis.
Varying form of title
Super libru[m] sapientie
Varying form of title
Super librum sapientie
Imprint
Basel : [Johann Amerbach, and Johann Petri de Langendorff?], 1489.
Physical description
[230] leaves ; 313 mm (fol.)
Note
Title and imprint from ISTC.
Note
Title on leaf A1r: "Ropertus holkot super libru[m] sapientie.".
Note
Colophon on leaf I7v: "hoc opus p[rae]clarissimu[m] eximij d[omi]ni magistri Roperti Holkot sacre theologie moralissimi atq[ue] doctissimi p[ro]fessoris: ordinis fratru[m] p[re]dicatorum: sup[er] sapientia[m] Salomonis: imp[r]essum est Basilee. Anno incarnatio[n]is d[omi]nice Millesimo quadrige[n]tesimo octogesimo nono.".
Note
Signatures: Signatures: A8 B6 a8 b6 c8 d6 e8 f6 g8 h6 i8 k6 l8 m6 n8 o6 p8 q8 r6 s8 t6 u8 x6 y8 2A-B6 C8 D6 E8 F6 G-H6 I8.
Note
BSB-Ink assigns to Amerbach alone.
Note
Leaf size: 313 x 225 mm.
Note
Leaf y4 mis-signed o4.
Citation/references note
ISTC, ih00291000
Citation/references note
GW, 12886
Citation/references note
Goff, H291
Citation/references note
CLC, H789
Citation/references note
David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), H71
Provenance
Inscription in late 15th/early 16th-century hand on leaf A1r: "I Hacu[m]bley".
Provenance
Inscription in late 15th/early 16th-century hand on leaf I7v, immediately below colophon: "R. Hacumbley". This is probably Robert Hacomplaynt or Hacomblen (1455 or 1456-1528), who was provost of King's College, Cambridge (1509-1528).
Provenance
Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577).
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”
Binding
19th-century tan quarter leather (spine is calf; corners are sheepskin); boards covered with marbled paper; blind tooling on boards, at the edges of the leather, where it meets the paper; spine with five raised bands, blind stamps, and gilt rolls; head-edge and tail-edge stained red; drab endleaves; title in ink on fore-edge; "Robertus Holkot Super Librum Sapientiæ" and "Basil 1489" in gilt on spine.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting final leaf (blank?).
Copy-specific note
Frequent marginal annotations in brown and red ink, in one or two late fifteenth-century hands.
Copy-specific note
David Selwyn has identified the annotations on leaf 2A6r as being in the hand of Edmund Guest.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript initials in red ink; decoration in red ink, including strokes in capital letters, paragraph marks, and underlining.
Subject
Bible. Wisdom of Solomon Early works to 1800.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Amerbach, Johannes, 1441?-1513 printer.
Added entry--name
Petri, Johannes, 1441-1511 printer.
Added entry--name
Hacomplaynt, Robert, -1528 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hacumbley, I., active 15th century former owner.
Added entry--name
Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Ropertus holkot super libru[m] sapientie.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Ropertus holkot super librum sapientie.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
B13261
UKSbSC
20210407095450.1